Social programs in Argentina – including programs paid by various ministries and paid for by Anses – increased from 0.1% of GDP (GDP) in 2002 to 4.5% in December last year. The amount of benefits paid over these 20 years increased from 1.6 million to 12.12 million, an increase of 657.5%.It should be noted, however, that a person may receive more than one benefit due to overlapping plans between different departments. The number of plans in the government of Alberto Fernandez increased by 18.6%, but the amount doubled.

The data are derived from consulting work The ideaIs a director George Hill, According to the budget execution of each year. In millions of pesos at December 2021 prices, Funding for the entire plan increased from $ 18.877 million to almost $ 2 billion.

Analyzed by Idesa for 20 years Ministry of Social Development Managed dozens of programs and / or compensations; Some have been maintained over time, some have changed or changed the name, but the axis is always a money transfer. Millions of pesos in 2021 prices, money involved in transfers from this portfolio increased by 3.373%, from $ 15.037 million to $ 522.369 million.

On the other hand, Ministry of Labor Manages two programs – employment stocks (heads of households and heads of households) and training – and reduces the amount of money managed, which increased from $ 17.836 million in 2001 – always at 2021 prices – to $ 17.134 million. It had a resource peak in 2010 of $ 338,281 million. The explanation for the decline is that after this year, the plans in the “employment action” segment moved into the orbit of social development.

Pays non-contributory pensions (PNCs) Anses, But in line with social development. From 2001 to 2021, they jumped from more than 76,000 to a million (from 0.2% to 2.4% of the population). For Idesa, this increase, “without the mediation of any natural disaster or war,” seems to indicate that there was “discretion and fraud.”

Anses’ non-contributory programs began in 2005 with the implementation of retirement moratoriums; The Universal Child Allowance (AUH) was added in 2009 – which, according to experts, is not a strictly social plan, as it can be collected by active workers – and in 2014 – the Progresar Plan.

The amount allocated to the AUH increased by 76.7% from 2010 to 2021; Increased by 150% in the case of pensions issued under moratoriums.

Idesa CEO Jorge Colina warned about this Pensions without full contributions represent 80% of the benefits paid by Anses and are defined as “political mainstream” interest grants., Which governments of different orientations used this resource. As of 2021, 3.5 million duplicates have been issued through moratoriums and 800,000 duplicates with survival pensions. They generate government expenditure equivalent to 2.4% of GDP.

When analyzing the amount of benefits, it should be borne in mind that the same person can receive more than one. For example, the AUH may come with a nutrition card and job promotion. Gross yield increased from 1.6 million in 2002 to 12,120,000 in December 2021. This is a 657.5% increase.

From 2002 to 2010, according to Idesa analysis, the increase in the number of benefits was 369.2% (from 1.6 million to 7,508,000), while from 2010 to December last year, the increase was 61.4%. In the last two years, during the administration of Alberto Fernandez, the increase was 18.6% (from 10,218,000 to 12,120,000), but the amount doubled: from $ 961,253 million to 1,979 billion..

Growth in social development benefits in 2001-2021 was 275% (today it is 3 million); Ministry of Labor benefits fell by 85% (120,000 benefits), while Anses benefits increased by 95.6% between 2010 and 2021. They increased from 4.6 million to 9 million.

Colina argues that while Anses is the organization that allocates the most resources, the largest increase in social development has been seen with the Alimentar Card, improved work plan, and non-contributory pensions: “Over time, they change names or change themselves. This leadership “turned off the tap” on that ministry and began to multiply. It is difficult to start ordering and restricting in the conditions of stagnation and high inflation, ”the expert claims.

ᲔᲠᲘ Consulted ალურიSocial development On the evolution of the amount of benefits, the average how much a person has, and the average length of aid. The answer was he “Every program has a purpose”For which the AUH beneficiary receives food with children under the age of 14 and “may have the Huerta program, Sembrar, or get the mechanisms to work.”

Social spending specialists acknowledge that it is not estimated how much management and / or administration costs are spent on social plans. It is difficult to quantify the impact on poverty and poverty levels, either through direct distribution mechanisms or through social organizations and guidelines, which this practice may imply as a political manipulation of aid.

Map, 20 years

Map of Argentina’s social policy, from CIAS University Institute and FoundationMade by researchers Andres Skipani, Rodrigo Zarazaga ი Lara ForlinoIntroduces evolution Various components of social spending in 2002-2020.

He points out, for example, that the funds allocated to non-income pensions are higher than other social expenditures as a whole: “This implies that Expenditures on poor elderly people far outweigh the costs on poor children: In 2019, for every peso the state spent on family benefits for poor children, it spent $ 5 on poor old-age pensions.

Another noteworthy item is that Informal workers’ cooperative programs have become a “key element” of social policy. As of 2016. The number of members of the cooperative increased from 253,939 in 2015. 1.2 million people in September 2021.

He also notes that The state invests – Within the framework of “Social, Direct and Emergency Assistance” – “A growing policy that focuses on the popular economy and a lesser policy that seeks to integrate the most vulnerable sectors into formal employment.” He notes that in 2019, $ 11 was allocated to each peso allocated for subsidies to maintain or promote formal employment in popular economy cooperative programs.

However, in terms of the level of real benefits, the report emphasizes that the increase was not on a scale as observed in the number of beneficiaries. Despite the nominal growth, the “real benefit” fell by 36% by April 2017 (creating additional social wages) and by June 2021..

This phenomenon, the document argues, was “permanent” in this type of plan. With 2009 permanent pesos, the Enhance Work Plan benefit level represents only one-third of what the cooperative members received through Argentina Works in 2009. The largest decline was recorded in 2009-2013, a period when the fall was “over 50. % Of nominal benefits due to inflation erosion, which was not adjusted until 2013, ”adds the CIAS and Fundar report.